Story+1996-09-24+Kalamazoo,+MI

´´(?)....well....you kind of messed up my whole thing here and I´ll tell you why, you see, I usually have some trepidation about singing that last song....the reason is....about three-quarters of the way through up comes the word ´Michigan´....now, no matter what you´re singing at that point, people cheer....doesn´t matter what the song´s about or, or, you know, what kind of mayhem or cruelty is going on, when they hear the name of the state they let out a fucking loud cheer (chuckles) to be honest with you, I was expecting a bigger cheer than that so (cheers) I didn´t say I wanted one, I said I was expecting one (chuckles) so....because I´m sitting backstage with nothing to do before I come out here.....these are the thoughts that are running over in my mind....´Jesus, a kid wanted to hear ´Highway Patrolman´ but when I sing ´Highway Patrolman´, the word ´Michigan´ is gonna come up....and when the word ´Michigan´ comes up, SOMEBODY, I don´t know who, alright (chuckles) is gonna shout, either filled with local pride or just because, for some reason, that´s the strange thing that people do when they hear the name of their homestate....but the thing is you don´t do it at home, you don´t sit in front of the tv and everytime you hear the word ´Michigan´, jump out of the couch and go ´Woo !´....I don´t do it when I hear the words ´The great state of New Jersey´....but....but then I got to thinking....as I must....because I´m sitting back there with nothing to do for two hours before I come out, I´m thinking ´Wait a minute, instead of being worried that ´Michigan´ is gonna...inspire applause, what I should be doing is I should be thinking that´s where the money is, the money is in writing songs with people´s hometowns (?)....now....it really doesn´t matter what you say in the song at all as long as their hometown comes up regularly....and so, because I´m sitting back there for two hours with nothing to do before I come out here and in about the last ten minutes before I hit the stage I said ´I´m gonna write one of these suckers right now´....and I do have to tell you it´s one of the greatest songs I´ve ever written....gonna make ´em forget all about that ´Born in the U.S.A´-bullshit, this is the one....I need some light because I got the words on the floor here..... (....) Not to get you over-excited but the last word to this song will be ´Ohio´ tomorrow night ....´´
 * 24.09.96 Kalamazoo, MI, intro to ´In Michigan´ (following ´Highway Patrolman´)**

//Compiled by : Johanna Pirttijärvi//